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| author |   Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> | 2019-02-16 18:31:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> | 2019-02-26 10:28:05 -0700 |
| commit | af54ade989cbbb1a43f4bc9d4d2e8e60814306f1 (patch) | |
| tree | 0bc4254abd747724800adeb0b4a8aaabb6f5e0cb | |
| parent | Add tests for gdb.Value(bufobj, type) constructor (diff) | |
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Document two argument form of gdb.Value constructor
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention two argument form of gdb.Value constructor.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form
of Value.__init__.
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 5d845e9a214..df94e7514b9 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ 2019-02-26 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> + * NEWS: Mention two argument form of gdb.Value constructor. * python/py-value.c (convert_buffer_and_type_to_value): New function. (valpy_new): Parse arguments via gdb_PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords. @@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ FreeBSD/riscv riscv*-*-freebsd* gdb.SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN are now deprecated. These were never correct and did not work properly. + ** The gdb.Value type has a new constructor, which is used to construct a + gdb.Value from a Python buffer object and a gdb.Type. + * Configure changes --enable-ubsan diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index fb970e98d19..7a1add5f19c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2019-02-26 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> + + * python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form + of Value.__init__. + 2019-02-23 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> * gdb.texinfo: Update copyright year ranges. diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 2860361c333..7f6f52c4df6 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -735,6 +735,14 @@ its result is used. @end table @end defun +@defun Value.__init__ (@var{val}, @r{[}, type @r{]}) +This second form of the @code{gdb.Value} constructor returns a +@code{gdb.Value} of type @var{type} where the value contents are taken +from the Python buffer object specified by @var{val}. The number of +bytes in the Python buffer object must be greater than or equal to the +size of @var{type}. +@end defun + @defun Value.cast (type) Return a new instance of @code{gdb.Value} that is the result of casting this instance to the type described by @var{type}, which must |